I’m not joking, NZ mainstream media accuse Jacinda of witchcraft
Will she get blamed for curdled milk and crop failure as well?
Media Watch
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The Neverending Story in Mainstream Media Fairytale Land
The media role is reporting post-election politics has not been an edifying spectacle to watch. Put simply, the most exacerbating aspect of three weeks of coalition negotiation has not been the length of time – remarkably short by international standards – but the interminable, inane, media commentary we’ve had to endure.
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WaateaNews: As we celebrate a magnificent political win – let’s remember those who could not survive National
The Labour-NZ First-Green Government was a dream, an illusion with no fixed reality 10 weeks ago, yet here we are after MMP with a mandate for change and a functioning Parliamentary majority. This is indeed a time for us to rejoice and feel empowered by our democracy. But after we have celebrated, let’s remember those who could not endure National’s 9 years in office or who were crushed into apathy by their brutal policy decisions.
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Duncan Garner attacks Taika Waititi – in the immortal words of Kendrick Lamar, “sit down (lil bitch) be humble”
I think this can be easily resolved by sending Duncan Garner a dictionary.
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Controversial I know, but Sean Plunket should NOT have resigned from the BSA (sit down lil bitch be humble – a guide for white guys)
I’m going to try and use this excuse if I ever get caught smuggling a tonne of cocaine across the border, ‘but your honour, it’s a social experiment bro’.
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WaateaNews: Metiria Turei vs Jian Yang – Compare the media values at work
How come a Maori solo mum who stole to feed her child a quarter of a century ago is a bigger story than a possible Chinese spy deeply embedded inside our own Government?
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Can we all acknowledge the speed of how National Party relationship with China has been ignored by the NZ media?
There has been more media coverage of Duncan Garner leaving bloody Twitter than the power Chinese Business interests now hold over the National Party.
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Why Duncan Garner’s Kmart checkout metaphor is actually delightfully perfect
Here is our great anthropologist at work as he wanders into the great snake of the Kmart checkout line…
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Why Lizzie Marvelly’s compulsory voting idea isn’t a solution
If you chose to not engage with the political process, it’s your right to have the agency to do that. I don’t think forcing people to have their say is a positive response to voter apathy.
‘Vote or else’ isn’t particularly inspirational is it?
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WaateaNews: How do Māori respond to the next wave of colonisation?
The impact of the Asian-NZ population tripling in the space of 20 years and overtaking Māori has political, economic and cultural ramifications that haven’t been discussed yet it’s a debate that is already running.